How soil functions and compaction. Stop doing primary tillage, covers can FIX compaction!
Resource Source: Jon Stevens Maple Grove Farms
How strip till improved productivity on my farm.
It’s nice to see historically bad spots starting to become productive spots.
How to setup for success with cover crops, HOW to measure success of cover crops.
Keep it small and simple so we can duplicate it each year. Stick to the same spot, figure it out on this small spot so you can have a great understanding of what is happening. Get the failures out of the way and then take it to the rest of the farm.
First SAP test on soybeans and corn, foliar feed, making money during high fertilizer prices
Minnesota farmer Jon Stevens shares what his plant sap test results mean for his nutrient management.
Building a strip till system
It doesn’t have to be hard or expensive. If conventional till or no till works in your area, strip till can.
Cost of reducing tillage
I talk about my experience of moving from full till to reduced till and some of the advantages and troubles along the way. The biggest thing we are seeing is time and mental stress. It has brought back a passion to the farm that I was losing.